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    The document discusses the internal structure of Earth. It can be summarized in 3 sentences: The Earth is composed of three main layers - the crust, mantle, and core. The crust and upper mantle make up the lithosphere which forms tectonic plates, while the lower mantle and outer core are the asthenosphere. Each layer has distinct characteristics based on their composition, with the crust being the thinnest outer silicate layer, the mantle being the thick solid bulk layer made of silicate rock and iron, and the core being the hottest innermost layer separated into a solid inner core and liquid outer core.

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    The document discusses the internal structure of Earth. It can be summarized in 3 sentences: The Earth is composed of three main layers - the crust, mantle, and core. The crust and upper mantle make up the lithosphere which forms tectonic plates, while the lower mantle and outer core are the asthenosphere. Each layer has distinct characteristics based on their composition, with the crust being the thinnest outer silicate layer, the mantle being the thick solid bulk layer made of silicate rock and iron, and the core being the hottest innermost layer separated into a solid inner core and liquid outer core.

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    The document discusses the internal structure of Earth. It can be summarized in 3 sentences: The Earth is composed of three main layers - the crust, mantle, and core. The crust and upper mantle make up the lithosphere which forms tectonic plates, while the lower mantle and outer core are the asthenosphere. Each layer has distinct characteristics based on their composition, with the crust being the thinnest outer silicate layer, the mantle being the thick solid bulk layer made of silicate rock and iron, and the core being the hottest innermost layer separated into a solid inner core and liquid outer core.

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    Earth Science

    Motivation Activity
    Internal Structure of Earth
    Learning Objectives
    1. Identify and
    describe the three
    main layers of the
    Earth. Crust,
    mantle, and core 2. Define the
    and their lithosphere and
    characteristics. asthenosphere and
    describe their
    relationship to the 3. Differentiate
    Earth’s rigid plates. the layers of
    the Earth by its
    characteristics.
    Earth, our home planet, but
    did you ever think about what our
    home is actually made of?
    What can you say about the layers
    structure of boiled egg?

    the layers structure of boiled egg has egg


    shell, egg white and yolk
    egg shell
    yolk
    egg white
    How would you compare the layers
    structure of boiled egg and the layers
    structure of the earth?

    two objects have distinct layers


    If you were to compare boiled egg to the
    earth, which part of the boiled egg would
    best represent the earth's mantle, crust,
    and core.

    the boiled egg, egg white represents


    Earth's mantle, the egg shell is the crust,
    and the yolk is the core
    Crust
    Mantle
    Core

    egg shell
    Yolk
    egg white
    Crust
     Outer layer
     Part of earth where humans live
     Very thin
     Thickness ranges from 7 to 10
    km beneath the oceans – 25 to 70
    km beneath the continents.
    Two types of Crust
    Oceanic Crust Continental
     Younger Crust
     Thinner  Older
     Denser  Thicker
     Silica and  Less dense
    magnesium –  Silica and
    based basalt rock aluminum –
    based granite
    rocks.
    Mantle
     Mostly solid bulk
     thickness of about 2885 km
     Peridotite (rock) – olivine and
    pyroxene and is denser than
    basalt.
    Two types of mantle
    Upper mantle Lower mantle
     Cooler upper  Hotter lower
    mantle (480 – mantle (3880
    900 degree degree celcius,
    celcius ) max)
     found just below  Beneath the upper
    the crust mantle
     Solid and molten
    rock
    CORE
     Very hot
     Very dense
     center part of our planet
    Two types of core

    Inner core Outer core


     Solid iron  Liquid iron
    alloy alloy
     1216 km thick  2770 km thick
     Hottest layer  Magnetic field
    created
    Iron Light
    The denser materials matter
    such as iron sank
    toward the Earth’s
    core, less dense
    materials such as
    silicate were displaced
    towards the Earth’s
    surface.
    The process of differentiation Iron
    is called the Iron
    Catastrophe, which occurred Light
    when the temperature of the matter
    Earth went beyond the
    melting point of iron. As the
    result, Earth now consist of
    layers with distinct
    composition and thickness.

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